Alright. Today, YouTube 101 baby. -We're going back to the basics. -Right down to
the bare bone basics. What does it mean to be a
subscriber or what does it mean to subscribe to a YouTube channel? -Alright. should
we grab my computer for this one? -Bring it out in. Yeah. We're just... We're going to
just... This is like if you're brand new, you've never... You don't know anything
about YouTube at all. -Yeah. Just going back to the basics. Alright, so what we're
seeing here. This is my channel, these are my recommendations. And... -They're YouTube's
recommendations for you. -That's what I meant. -Talking basics though. People
might not understand. -So, I'm looking at some of these videos. Hmmm, I'm wondering
why I don't know... Slanted lens, I don't know why that was being recommended to
me. Nutrition Facts. It's an ugly thumbnail. But that's a real cool guy that I follow.
Here's... There's a channel that I produce. Here's some guys that I know. I like
watching the Britain's Got Talent or America's Got Talent type videos. So, all
these recommendations come to me. I've you know, communicated with Jasmine Star.
I've met Peter McKinnon, piano guys. So, it's recommending stuff to me. -S,o you're
not necessarily subscribed to these? -Yeah. Let's see who... The other ones that you have the
arrow next to the little check. It's got a check thing. Does that mean you're
subscribed? That means that they're a verified channel. It's a celebrity and it
really is that person. -I see, okay. -So, it's not a copycat. But over here on
subscriptions, you see I'm subscribed to a lot of channels. I'm subscribed to all
of these plus 163 more. -My goodness, you... -So, it's serious if there's a channel
that I like or that I want to follow or that I'm interested in seeing more of
those videos, I just simply hit a subscribe button. And then it will factor
into what I am showing when I come to the home page here. -And does it also
notify you when there are videos available that are new or how does that
work? -Let's... Let's show you a demonstration. So, if I come to this
channel, video influencers. -Okay. -You can see right here I'm
subscribed. If I want to get notifications every time they upload a
video, I need to come over here and click this bell. And you see the pop-up is
notified about every new video. So YouTube
send me an email every time they uploaded videos. -Now, do you have to be
subscribed in order to get the notification? Or can you just do it with
out? -Watch. If I click that and then unsubscribe, the Bell Icon's... The bell
is gone. So, once I then subscribe, the Bell appears. I can click the Bell and
now the Bell it's been ringed. Ring the bell. It's been rung. I guess... -Yeah, Rung,
Rung is what we... -So, that I... I don't like emails. So I'll turn that
off. But because I'm subscribed... And also, if I watch several videos here that
really plays a big factor into what videos are then recommended to me in the
future. If I... If I come back every single day and I'm watching you know their
videos. I don't know if they upload daily. But if I come back and watch every one
of their videos, when they upload the next one, it's definitely going to appear
there in front of me. -That's what subscribing means. -Yeah. That's really the
basis of YouTube. It's kind of built around subscribing so that YouTube knows
what you want to watch. That's just one of the factors in and determining what
to present in front of you. So if I'm building a YouTube channel, I do want
subscribers to go into my channel. I do want people to click that bell. So that
when I upload a new video, those people... It's going to show up on their screen.
-Yeah. -Or they're going to get an alert to their email. And so if... As we talk about
channels, "Ooh, I've got a channel but it's only got 100 subscribers. Ooh, I've got a
channel, it's got a million subscribers." It doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to
get a million views if I upload that video. But chances are I'm going to probably
get at least a couple hundred thousand. If it's a lousy video, at least get that
much any because I've already got a lot of people that are subscribed and
interested in my content. -Okay. -Okay. But what if there are videos that you're
shown is something that you would want to watch on. Like, "How this guy right here...?
It looks like he's not wearing pants." So, I'm going to come in here and say, "Not
interested." And you can say, (Tell us why) "I don't like the video." Right? -Yeah. And if
you can put both. Like I'm not interested in this channel. -Oh, there we go. See, I
actually do like the Yes Theory Channel. You know, so I'm going to hit cancel on
this one. These guys are actually pretty funny. But that's important to know.
Because, you know, there's channels that you can
subscribe to but there's essentially ways that you can block videos or block
channels from being recommended and shown to you as well. So, the best way to
get familiar with with YouTube like this is to come on here and and watch videos.
Like the ones that you like. Subscribe to the channels that you want to see more
of and block the ones that you don't. -Now, before you wrap up, because I hear their
voice kind of coming down. Your bell on your home page, is that a bell telling
you that you have emails, that you have comments? What is..? There's 9, there's over
9 things that are waiting for you, right? Notifications. -Yep. It's usually
comments that are on different videos that that I'm a part of. So, this is a
part of my channel, this is a part of a Limitless TV channel that I manage. Just
latest notifications. -So when you log in to your page, to your home site, just
always, you know, keep an eye on that notification, that little bell. And if
there's a number there or if it's turned red, click on it. It won't blow up. It's
probably just a message for you or a comment from something. -So, hopefully
found this video helpful. I want to know what other questions you have because I
know YouTube pretty well. And if you're brand new to YouTube, you've probably got
some good questions that I just can't even think of. So ask them in the
comments below, we'll make future videos amd answering your
questions. See you then.